Margot grew up in the heart of the French Alps, in a small village nestled near the Swiss border.
At 19, she left France to answer the call of the Far North, searching for a life with meaning, one shaped by wilderness, effort, and adventure.
Drawn by the North and the vastness of its wild lands, Margot settled in the Yukon, where she could finally live the simple, untamed life she had dreamed of.
Between sled dogs, hunting, trapping, building log cabins, and long expeditions into isolated regions, she strives to preserve a way of life where survival is earned and where the bond with nature is deep, visceral, beyond words.
Since arriving in the Far North, Margot has pursued extreme adventures, pushing her limits and learning from the wilderness in the most remote corners of the Yukon and Alaska.
Her quest for forgotten instincts, pure freedom, and an ancestral rhythm in harmony with the wild world.
The video offers a faithful reflection of this life. She can be seen testing the thickness of the ice before crossing with the sled, a discreet but essential gesture for the safety of the pack. This is the full reality of this existence: attention, adaptation, respect.
Sometimes harsh, often magnificent, always authentic, with the raw truth that makes the North a unique and profoundly alive place.
By creating Rugged North Expeditions, Margot wants to share this way of life and her passion for the wild North. To offer those who seek a chance to taste the traditions of the Far North, explore still untouched territories, and if only for a while, hold the modern world at a distance.
This isn’t mass tourism. Our immersions happen in small groups, at a human scale, staying as close as possible to what’s real: the cold, the dogs, the silence, the wildlife.
During an expedition everyone matters. We share intense moments, sometimes harsh, magical and deeply real.
With Rugged North Expeditions, you meet the North as it truly is.
Margot’s journey is also featured in the series Hard North on Amazon Prime Video, as well as Northwoods Survival on National Geographic, where her daily life in the wilds of Canada is documented: life with the dogs, expeditions, endless winters, and the way she moves each day in tune with nature. The series show this lifestyle as it truly is, unfiltered.
Through these projects, she shares a side of her daily life rarely revealed: a simple, demanding existence deeply connected to the vastness of the North.
